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N.Korea cancels Seoul talks, casts doubt on Trump summit
AFP, Published on 16/05/2018
» SEOUL: North Korea on Wednesday called into question a much-anticipated and unprecedented summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump set for next month.
Trump dampens chances of trade deal with China
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - US and Chinese officials will hold further trade talks in Washington on Friday, the White House said, after President Donald Trump discounted the chances of reaching a deal to avert a trade war.
US, China reach trade 'consensus' but offer few details
AFP, Published on 20/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States and China said Saturday they had reached consensus on measures to "substantially" reduce the US trade deficit with Beijing by "significantly" increasing its purchases of US goods, but offered few details.
US, China agree to abandon trade war: Beijing
AFP, Published on 20/05/2018
» BEIJING: Washington and Beijing have agreed to abandon any trade war and back off from imposing tariffs on each other, Chinese state media reported Sunday.
IS begins quitting last pocket of Syria's capital
AFP, Published on 20/05/2018
» BEIRUT - Islamic State group fighters began evacuating their final stronghold in southern Damascus on Sunday, a monitor said, bringing Syria's government closer than ever to flushing out the last threat to the capital.
More IS fighters leave Damascus district: monitor
AFP, Published on 21/05/2018
» BEIRUT: A second batch of fighters from the Islamic State jihadist group left their final Damascus stronghold overnight, a monitor said Monday, bringing the Syrian regime closer to a major milestone.
Syria says capital 'completely secure', IS ousted
AFP, Published on 21/05/2018
» DAMASCUS - Syria's army said Monday it was in full control of the capital Damascus and its outskirts after ousting the Islamic State group, marking a major milestone in the seven-year war.
Syrian army seizes full control of 'ISIS capital'
AFP, Published on 22/05/2018
» DAMASCUS: Syria's army on Monday was in complete control of the capital and its outskirts for the first time since 2012, after ousting the Islamic State group from a last pocket of resistance.
Red-shirt Arisman's wife deemed unusually wealthy
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/05/2018
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will ask the Supreme Court to confiscate assets worth 42.82 million baht from former Pheu Thai MP Rapipan Pongruangrong, wife of red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong, on the grounds of "unusual wealth".
Year after siege, Philippine city bears physical, emotional scars
Associated Press, Published on 23/05/2018
» MARAWI, Philippines: Thousands of displaced remain in emergency shelters and the threat of Islamic extremists and unexploded bombs lingers in the rubble of a southern Philippine city, where survivors on Wednesday remembered a disastrous five-month siege by Islamic State group-aligned fighters that began a year ago.